Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of instruction Essay topics 01.00.00 MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS 01.04.01 Mathematics Mathematics (Analytical and Computer Simulation) Russian 1. Methods of solving systems of linear equations. 2. Scalar product in different spaces and its properties. 3. Conic sections and their properties. Dynamical Systems, Evolution Equations, Extremal Problems and Mathematical Cybernetics Statistical Modelling 01.04.02 Applied Mathematics and Informatics Game Theory and Operations Research Game Theory and Operations Research English The essay should be written in English 1. Application of operations research methods in economics and industry 2. Applied mathematics in analysis of socio-economic systems 3. 3. Application of game-theoretic approach to decision-making problems 4. Any paper published in scientific journals in the field of game theory and operations research may be accepted as an essay Methods of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Control Problems Methods of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Control Problems Russian Computational Methods and Technologies in Modern Natural Science Russian Mathematical Modelling Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Problems of Medical Diagnosis Medical Physics and Information Technology Russian Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Problems of Digital Control Digital Systems of Mobile Objects Control Russian Reliability and Safety of Complex Systems Methods of Applied Mathematics in the Problems of Analysing Safety and Security of Life Objects Russian 1. Anthropogenic and technogenic impact on nature and its consequences. 2. Mathematical models of populations interacting on a territory. 3. Toxic substances and models of their distribution in the biosphere 4. Survival strategies for populations. 5. Catastrophes in nature and their causes. 6. Crises in the economy. 7. Sustainability of social systems. 8. Mathematical models of continuous media. 9. Mathematical approaches to the design of structures and products. 10. Mathematical models of hydromechanics Applied Informatics Technologies. Information Expert Systems Computational Methods and Technologies in Modern Natural Science Russian 1. Methods of modelling in the dynamics and optimisation of charged particle beams. 2. Mathematical models in emission processes. 3. Investigation of the behaviour of electromagnetic field characteristics in accelerator installations. 4. Systematisation and analysis of full-scale experiment data using information expert systems. 5. Mathematical and software tools for modelling and analysis of nanostructures. 6. Essay on a topic of the applicant's choice Mathematical and Information Support of Economic Activity Mathematical and Information Support of Economic Activity Russian Operations Research and Systems Analysis Operations Research and Systems Analysis Russian Digital Economy Russian Deformable Body Mechanics Fluid, Gas and Plasma Mechanics Fracture Mechanics Theoretical Mechanics 1. Application of mathematical methods for solving elasticity problems. 2. Theory of turbulence: the current state and problems. 3. Nanomechanics and its perspectives Mathematical Modelling in Problems of Natural Science 1. Mathematics and control processes for my future speciality. 2. Mathematical models of populations interacting on a territory. 3. Pure and applied mathematics. 4. Mathematics as a science of reasoning and thinking. 5. A well-known applied mathematician, an expert in control theory and his main works. 6. Expert system as a tool of reason. 7. Natural problems of artificial intelligence. 8. The mapping of algorithms to the structure of a computer. 9. Registration and modelling of 3D objects. 10. Mathematical models in mechanics, engineering and technological processes. 11. Numerical methods for solving mathematical problems. 12. Using mathematical packages for solving applied problems. 13. Ordinary differential equations and their applications. 14. Partial differential equations and their applications. 1. Application of operations research methods in solving economic problems. 2. Application of mathematical modelling to socio-economic processes. 3. Using the game-theoretic approach and operations research methods in applied problems 01.04.03 Mechanics and Mathematical Modelling Mechanics and Mathematical Modelling Essay Topics for Applicants to Main Educational MASTER Programmes for Competitive Selection of Applicants to Government-Funded Places Allocated to SPbU in 2018 and Specified by the Government of the Russian Federation in Decree No. 891 as of October 8, 2013 "On Establishing an Education Quota for Foreign Nationals and Stateless Citizens in the Russian Federation" 1. The Monte Carlo method and its applications. 2. Time series and methods of their analysis. 3. Curves and Bézier surfaces. 01.04.02 Applied Mathematics and Informatics 01.04.02 Applied Mathematics and Informatics Applied Mathematics and Informatics Russian Russian
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Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
01.00.00 MATHEMATICS AND MECHANICS
01.04.01 Mathematics Mathematics (Analytical and Computer Simulation) Russian 1. Methods of solving systems of linear equations.
2. Scalar product in different spaces and its properties.
3. Conic sections and their properties.
Dynamical Systems, Evolution Equations, Extremal Problems and
Mathematical Cybernetics
Statistical Modelling
01.04.02 Applied Mathematics
and Informatics
Game Theory and Operations Research Game Theory and Operations Research English The essay should be written in English
1. Application of operations research methods in economics and industry
2. Applied mathematics in analysis of socio-economic systems
3. 3. Application of game-theoretic approach to decision-making problems
4. Any paper published in scientific journals in the field of game theory and operations
research may be accepted as an essay
Methods of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Control
Problems
Methods of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Control
Problems
Russian
Computational Methods and Technologies in Modern Natural Science Russian
Mathematical Modelling
Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Problems of Medical
Diagnosis
Medical Physics and Information Technology Russian
Applied Mathematics and Computer Science in Problems of Digital
Control
Digital Systems of Mobile Objects Control Russian
Reliability and Safety of Complex Systems Methods of Applied Mathematics in the Problems of Analysing Safety
and Security of Life Objects
Russian 1. Anthropogenic and technogenic impact on nature and its consequences.
2. Mathematical models of populations interacting on a territory.
3. Toxic substances and models of their distribution in the biosphere
4. Survival strategies for populations.
5. Catastrophes in nature and their causes.
6. Crises in the economy.
7. Sustainability of social systems.
8. Mathematical models of continuous media.
9. Mathematical approaches to the design of structures and products.
10. Mathematical models of hydromechanics
Applied Informatics Technologies. Information Expert Systems Computational Methods and Technologies in Modern Natural Science Russian 1. Methods of modelling in the dynamics and optimisation of charged particle beams.
2. Mathematical models in emission processes.
3. Investigation of the behaviour of electromagnetic field characteristics in accelerator
installations.
4. Systematisation and analysis of full-scale experiment data using information expert
systems.
5. Mathematical and software tools for modelling and analysis of nanostructures.
6. Essay on a topic of the applicant's choice
Mathematical and Information Support of Economic Activity Mathematical and Information Support of Economic Activity Russian
Operations Research and Systems Analysis Operations Research and Systems Analysis Russian
Digital Economy Russian
Deformable Body Mechanics
Fluid, Gas and Plasma Mechanics
Fracture Mechanics
Theoretical Mechanics
1. Application of mathematical methods for solving elasticity problems.
2. Theory of turbulence: the current state and problems.
3. Nanomechanics and its perspectives
Mathematical Modelling in Problems of Natural Science
1. Mathematics and control processes for my future speciality.
2. Mathematical models of populations interacting on a territory.
3. Pure and applied mathematics.
4. Mathematics as a science of reasoning and thinking.
5. A well-known applied mathematician, an expert in control theory and his main works.
6. Expert system as a tool of reason.
7. Natural problems of artificial intelligence.
8. The mapping of algorithms to the structure of a computer.
9. Registration and modelling of 3D objects.
10. Mathematical models in mechanics, engineering and technological processes.
11. Numerical methods for solving mathematical problems.
12. Using mathematical packages for solving applied problems.
13. Ordinary differential equations and their applications.
14. Partial differential equations and their applications.
1. Application of operations research methods in solving economic problems.
2. Application of mathematical modelling to socio-economic processes.
3. Using the game-theoretic approach and operations research methods in applied problems
01.04.03 Mechanics and
Mathematical Modelling
Mechanics and Mathematical Modelling
Essay Topics for Applicants to Main Educational MASTER Programmes for Competitive Selection of Applicants to Government-Funded Places
Allocated to SPbU in 2018
and Specified by the Government of the Russian Federation in Decree No. 891 as of October 8, 2013 "On
Establishing an Education Quota for Foreign Nationals and Stateless Citizens in the Russian Federation"
1. The Monte Carlo method and its applications.
2. Time series and methods of their analysis.
3. Curves and Bézier surfaces.
01.04.02 Applied Mathematics
and Informatics
01.04.02 Applied Mathematics
and Informatics
Applied Mathematics and Informatics Russian
Russian
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
Software and Administration of Information Systems Russian 1. Sorting and searching algorithms. Estimating their effectiveness.
2. Storage structures and DBMS architectures
3. Methods and algorithms for analysing social networks
03.00.00 PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Mathematical and Information Technologies Mathematical and Information Technologies Russian
Information and Nuclear Technology Russian
Applied Informatics Applied Informatics Russian
03.04.01 Applied Mathematics
and Physics
Applied Physics and Mathematics Russian
03.04.02 Physics Physics Russian
03.04.02 Physics Condensed Matter Physics on the Mega-Class Research Facilities English
03.04.02 Physics Condensed Matter Physics English 1. My research project.
2. Physics is a fundamental basis of the natural sciences.
3. Physical models and processes.
4. Basic and applied physics
04.00.00 CHEMISTRY
04.04.01 Chemistry Chemistry Russian, English Current state of research and the development prospects of the field of chemistry you are
interested in (in the country of your citizenship)
05.00.00 EARTH SCIENCES
Gemmology and Stone Examination
Geophysics
Geochemistry and Mineralogy
Hydrogeology
Engineering Geology
Crystallography and Crystallochemistry
Minerageny. Geological and Economic Evaluation of Mineral Deposits
Petrology and Isotope Geology Exploration
Tectonics, Sedimentary Geology and Palaeontology
05.04.02 Geography Structure, Dynamics and Protection of Landscapes Russian 1. Dynamics of the boundaries of the northern polar landscape zones under the conditions of
the Arctic climate change
2. Processes of weathering and soil formation in a cold climate
3. Arctic regions as objects of rational nature management
4. The planning of cultural landscapes of various purpose
5. Problems of landscape organisation of recreational areas
6. Geosystems of different dimensions: minimal areas, rank, hierarchy
7. Environmental impact evaluation: the notions, the purpose, the principles, the area of
application
05.04.02 Geography Social Geography Russian, English 1. The role of the geographical factor in the development of human society
2. Formation of the political map of the world in the modern period
3. Regional policy: the essence, the content and world experience
4. World heritage sites in Russia
1. My research.
2. Physics is a fundamental basis of the natural sciences.
3. Physical models and processes.
4. Basic and applied physics
1. Hybrid architecture of computer systems. Purpose and methods of construction.
2. Distributed databases
3. GRID and Cloud Computing. Similarities and differences
4. Classical and non-classical logics
5. Problems of adapting mathematical models to a specific computational architecture.
6. Consolidation of heterogeneous computing resources
7. Means of inter-process communication.
1. The internal structure and composition of the Earth
2. The fold belts of the Phanerozoic
3. The general stratigraphic scale (main divisions)
4. Principles of sedimentary rock systemation
5. Principles of magmatic rock systemation
6. Isomorphism and solid solutions
7. Hydrogeological structures
02.04.02 Fundamental Informatics
and Information Technology
05.04.01 Geology
03.04.01 Applied Mathematics
and Physics
1. Methods of modelling in the dynamics and optimisation of charged particle beams.
2. Mathematical models in emission processes.
3. Investigation of the behaviour of electromagnetic field characteristics in accelerator
installations.
4. Systematisation and analysis of full-scale experiment data using information expert
systems.
5. Mathematical and software tools for modelling and analysis of nanostructures.
6. Essay on a topic of the applicant's choice
Geology Russian
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
05.04.03 Cartography and
Geoinformatics
Geographical Information Mapping Russian 1. Russian and foreign systems of global positioning and their application in geodesy,
cartography and geoinformatics
2. Modern methods of using maps and geographic information systems in territory
management
3. Modern methods of processing and integration of spatial information
4. The history of territory mapping (concerning one particular region)
5. The development of spatial research methods (concerning one particular region)
6. Development of software for geographic information systems
7. Cartography- and geoinformation-related Internet content
05.04.04 Hydrometeorology Hydrosphere and Atmosphere: Modelling and Forecasting Russian 1. Thermal balance of the Earth's surface, atmosphere and the planet as a whole
2. General circulation of the atmosphere as a factor of climate formation
3. Hydrological hazards: their causes, escalation and prediction
4. The influence of reservoirs on the water and hydrochemical regimes of rivers
5. The interaction of the ocean and the atmosphere during the formation of the Earth's climate
6. Wave types in the World Ocean
Geoecological Monitoring
Nature Management
05.04.06 Ecology and Nature
Management
Cold Regions Environmental Landscapes Integrated Science
(CORELIS)
English 1. International multilateral agreements and conventions related to environmental
management
2. Environmental Doctrine of the Russian Federation and Environmental Policy in the Russian
Arctic
3. Comparative evaluation of the environmental policies in Western countries and Russia
4. Forecasts of environmental management systems changes in sensitive areas (optional: in
areas of permafrost, mountain areas on the coast, and others)
5.Oil and Gas exploitation as a source of environmental impact
05.04.06 Ecology and Nature
Management
Environmental Management Russian 1. Specially protected natural sites and complexes, the significance of UNESCO cultural and
natural heritage
2. The environmental foundations of the rational use of natural resources
3. Violations of the stability and organisation of the natural environment under modern
environmental management systems
05.04.06 Ecology and Nature
Management
Ecology. Biodiversity and Nature Protection Russian 1. Loss of biological diversity due to destruction of the natural habitat.
2. Anthropogenic impact on the structure and dynamics of aquatic ecosystems.
3. Which environmental problems are of the greatest interest to me and why?
4. Environmental impact evaluation: the notions, the purpose, the principles, the area of
37.04.02 Conflictology Conflict Analysis and Management Russian
37.04.02 Conflictology Political Conflictology Russian
1. The process of formation of hydrocarbon deposits from the first micro-oil to the filling of the
trap.
2. Sedimentary basins: types, formation, oil / gas occurrence.
3. Problems of oil and gas geology in the late 20th and first decades of the 21st centuries.
4. The role of modelling in solving problems of oil and gas geology.
5. Modern oil and gas prospecting and exploration: on some aspects of the organisation of the
process
6. Prospective areas of geological exploration for oil and gas in Russia.
7. Modern problems of oil and gas fields development and ways of their solution.
8. Intellectual hydrocarbon deposit: the content of the notion and its dynamics over time.
9. The ecology of oil and gas producing facilities. Systems for ensuring technogenic and
environmental safety of oil and gas fields development
10. The global market for petroleum: the evolution; Russia at the global energy market
1. Goals and objectives of the state land policy.
2. The legal foundation of land and property relations.
3. State regulation of land and property relations.
4. The land market as a factor of effective development of territories.
5. The land market in Russia: current trends
1. Psychological research that influenced the development of psychology.
2. Prospects for the development of the psychological science by the mid-21st century.
3. The whole person issue in psychology
Social Psychology and Political Psychology
Mental Health
37.04.01 Psychology
37.04.01 Psychology
37.04.01 Psychology
Personality Psychology
Educational Psychology
37.04.01 Psychology
37.04.01 Psychology
37.04.01 Psychology
Organisational Psychology and Psychology of Management
General and Cognitive Psychology
1. The main problems of ethnic and political conflicts.
2. Negotiation process as a subject of conflictological research.
3. Analysis and examination of conflict situations
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Russian
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
37.04.02 Conflictology Mediation Russian
38.00.00 ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT
38.04.01 Economics Russian and CIS Business in Global Economy Russian
38.04.01 Economics Institutional Analysis of Modern Markets Russian
State and Regional Management
Applied Macroeconomics and Economic Policy
38.04.01 Economics Management of Organisational Development Company Management Russian
38.04.01 Economics Accounting, Analysis and Audit Accounting, Financial Analysis and Audit Russian
Business Economics
Business Economics: Innovation Management
38.04.01 Economics Accounting, Analysis and Audit Russian
38.04.01 Economics Business Management in Digital Economy Russian
Anti-Crisis Management
Marketing and Brand Management
38.04.01 Economics Mathematical Approach to Economics Mathematical Approach to Economic Analysis Russian
38.04.01 Economics World Economy Russian
38.04.01 Economics International Trading System English 1. Global economic challenges
2. International economic organisations in the contemporary world
3. Foreign trade of the Russian Federation
4. Russia in the global economy
5. Impact of the WTO accession on the Russian economy
38.04.02 Management Master in Business Analytics and Big Data - MiBA English The essay should be written in English
1. Digital technology as a way to increase business efficiency
2. Research and analysis of data in business practice
3. The role of business analysts in developing business strategy
4. Cross-cutting project management
5. Artificial Intelligence (theory and practice)
6. The Internet of Things: challenges and prospects
38.04.02 Management Master in Management (MiM) English The essay should be written in English
1. Comparative analysis of leadership types (discussion with positive and negative examples)
2. Cross-country comparative analysis of the main trends in entrepreneurship in BRICS
3. Specifics and risks of the main stages of company life-cycle (discussion with examples)
4. Innovations management specificity in emerging markets (discussion with examples)
5. Consumer behaviour specificity in emerging markets (discussion with examples)
6. Main challenges in contemporary management theory (discussion with examples)
38.04.02 Management Master in Corporate Finance (MCF) English The essay should be written in English
1. The main areas of financial management of a company.
2. The main accounting systems of a company (financial, tax, management accounting):
goals, problems, areas of implementation.
3. Financial and non-financial performance indicators of a company.
4. Applying mathematical methods to financial problems.
5. The role of financial intermediaries in a company’s operations.
6. The main approaches to companies’ valuation
1. Supply and demand. Market equilibrium
2. The concept of monopoly. Types of monopoly. Regulation of monopolies
3. Inflation and its types. Social and economic outcomes of inflation. Anti-inflationary policy
4. Monetary regulation. Macroeconomic objectives of monetary policy
5. Current social policy in Russia
6. Development of the Russian economy during and after the global economic crisis
7. Characteristics, problems and prospects for economic integration in the post-Soviet space
8. Russia-WTO interaction: characteristics, problems and prospects
9. Tax policy in the Russian Federation: general characteristics, problems and prospects
10. The debt problem in the modern global and Russian economy and ways of solving it
1. Main applications of mathematical methods in modern economic research
2. Application of mathematical methods in the financial sector
3. Optimisation problems in economics and methods for their solution
4. Econometric methods in modern economic theories
5. The works of L.V. Kantorovich and their significance
38.04.01 Economics
Economics and Enterprise Management
38.04.01 Economics
Applied Macroeconomics, Economic Policy and State Regulation
38.04.01 Economics
1. The main problems of ethnic and political conflicts.
2. Negotiation process as a subject of conflictological research.
3. Analysis and examination of conflict situations
Business Economics
Russian
Russian, English
Russian
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
38.04.03 Personnel Management Human Resource Management Russian 1. The concept and models of strategic HR management
2. Modern technologies of personnel management
3. the efficiency of the human resource management system: approaches and methods of
assessment
4. State regulation of labour relations: the experience and problems
5. The structure and functions of the HR department of a large company
6. Methods and tools of staff remuneration
7. Evaluation of personnel in the HR management system
8. Organisation of personnel training
9. Personnel development and career planning
10. Working with employees that are subject to dismissal: legal and social aspects
38.04.04 Public and Municipal
Administration
Master in Public Management (MPM) Russian, English 1. Development of monotowns: problems and their solutions (a case study)
2. Smart city as a city of the future: its characteristics, problems and development prospects in
Russia
3. Innovative approaches to solving urban problems (a case study)
4. Key problems of my region's development and proposals for their solution
5. Public-private partnership as an effective approach to solving infrastructure problems (a
case study)
6. Regional policy of cluster development: problems, solutions and key results (a case study)
38.04.05 Business Informatics Business Information Analysis Russian 1. Automated design of IS using the CASE technology
2. Audit of IS. Basic requirements and organisation
3. Perspective technologies for processing multidimensional data. OLAP technologies
4. Information security and data protection
5. Modelling of business processes of information systems oriented at enterprise management
strategies: MRP, MRPII, EPR, ERPII, CRM
38.04.08 Finance and Credit Actuarial Modelling of Financial Operations Russian
Risk Management and Insurance Russian
Banking Management and Marketing
Financial Markets: Tools and Technology
38.04.08 Finance and Credit Financial Management Russian
39.00.00 SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WORK
Gender Studies
Modern Methods and Technologies of Social Problems Research
Modern Sociological Theories
Social Anthropology
Sociology of Communication
Sociology of Culture
Organisational Sociology and Sociology of Personnel Management
Sociology of Politics and International Relations
Sociology of Economy
Public Administration
39.04.01 Sociology Sociology in Russia and China Russian, English 1. The experience of social modernisation in Russia and China in the late 20th - early 21st
centuries.
2. Socio-political reforms in Russia and China: a historical and sociological analysis.
3. Socio-economic reforms in Russia and China: a historical and sociological analysis.
Global Sociology: Comparative Prospects
1. Finance, its role and essence in the process of social reproduction
2. Debt policy of the Government of the Russian Federation at the present stage
3. Banking risks: the essence and types
4. Global financial crises: causes and consequences
5. The present state of the banking sector in the Russian Federation, trends and prospects for
its development
6. The securities market and its role in the economy
7. The impact of taxes and business decision-making
8. Credit, its essence and functions in the economy
9. The concept of the time value of money and its application in the theory of finance
10. Sources and tools of enterprise financing
39.04.01 Sociology Sociology
Financial Markets and Banks
38.04.08 Finance and Credit
39.04.01 Sociology International Sociology 1. Burning problems of the globalisation of social life in the world
2. Cultural diversity and ethnic conflicts in present-day Europe
3. Migration processes in European democracies: challenges and perspectives
4. The changing role of nation states in modern Europe
5. Transformations of social inequality systems in global perspective
6. Transformation of identities under the conditions of European integration
7. Globalisation and changes in everyday practices of people
8. Key social problems of contemporary European societies
1. Social inequality and poverty alleviation in Russia and post-social countries under current
conditions.
2. Labour migration in Russia and in Europe as a sociocultural problem.
3. The global world community as a new object of sociology.
Russian
Russian
English
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
European Societies
39.04.02 Social Work Social Work Innovative Technology in Social Work Russian 1. The development trends of social work in your country.
2. Globalisation, migration and forms of migrants' support.
3. Social inequality and forms of support in the present-day world.
4. The social factors of human health formation.
5. Family values in the present-day world.
40.00.00 LAW
40.04.01 Law Civil Procedure, Arbitration Procedure Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Civil Law, Family Law Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Protection of Public Rights Russian
Medical Law
Pharmaceutical Law
International Public Law
International Private Law
40.04.01 Law Tax Law Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Legal Protection of Economic Competition Russian
40.04.01 Law Legal Regulation of Natural Resource Use Russian, English
Problems of Entrepreneurial Law
Energy Law
40.04.01 Law Theory and History of Law and State, History of Legal Doctrines Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Criminal Law Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Lawyer in the Field of Criminal Justice Russian, English
40.04.01 Law Lawyer in the Field of Foreign Trade and Customs Regulation Russian
40.04.01 Law Lawyer in the Field of Corporate Labour and Social Relations
Management
Russian
40.04.01 Law Lawyer in the Field of Financial Markets (Finance Lawyer) Russian, English
41.00.00 POLITICAL SCIENCE AND REGIONAL STUDIES
1. Criminal liability and its foundation.
2. Principles of regulating civil law relations.
3. Precedent in the history of Anglo-American law
40.04.01 Law International Law
Medical Law 40.04.01 Law
39.04.01 Sociology
40.04.01 Law
International Sociology 1. Burning problems of the globalisation of social life in the world
2. Cultural diversity and ethnic conflicts in present-day Europe
3. Migration processes in European democracies: challenges and perspectives
4. The changing role of nation states in modern Europe
5. Transformations of social inequality systems in global perspective
6. Transformation of identities under the conditions of European integration
7. Globalisation and changes in everyday practices of people
8. Key social problems of contemporary European societies
Business Law
English
Russian, English
Russian, English
Russian, English
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
Organisation of Government Relations
Political Process in Russia
Applied political science
Russia and China in Modern World Politics
41.04.04 Political Science Political Governance and Public Policy (in English) English The essay should be written in English
1. The Problem of Nation-State in Contemporary Political Theory
2. Parties and Party System Transformation in Contemporary Society.
3. Evaluation Methods of Public Administration Effectiveness.
4. Network Studies in Contemporary Political Science.
5. Citizen and its Participation in Politics.
6. Ratio of Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Political Studies.
American Studies Russian
Diplomacy of the Russian Federation and Foreign States Russian
Pacific Studies Russian
International Humanitarian Cooperation Russian
International Relations in the Post-Soviet Countries Russian
World Politics Russian
Theory of International Relations Russian
European Studies Russian, English
Baltic and Nordic Studies Russian, English
BRICS Studies Russian, English
Public Relations as Part of International Relations Russian, English
International Relations (in English) English
Strategic and Arms Control Studies English
42.00.00 MASS MEDIA AND INFORMATION LIBRARIANSHIP
Communicative Consulting
Strategic Communications in Business and Politics
Media Communications Hybrid Media Project Management Russian
Journalism and Culture of Society
Media Design
International Journalism
Popular Science Journalism
Professional Verbal Communication in Mass Media
Advertising
Sports Journalism
Journalism42.04.02 Journalism
42.04.01 Advertising and Public
Relations
Advertising and Public Relations 1. The state and the business: partners or rivals?
2. The government and the media: a dispute over the power.
3. The social responsibility of business: public good or a business interest?
4. Globalisation: mutual enrichment or mutual devastation of cultures?
41.04.05 International Relations
41.04.05 International Relations
1. The problem of the state in modern political theory
2. Parties and party systems in modern society
3. Political practices of new social movements
4. Democracy and the problem of political participation
5. The progress and regress in politics
6. The current technologies of election campaigns
7. Public policy in present-day Russia
8. Ideas and ideologies in the political life of modern society
9. Ethnic and civil identity: the correlation issue
10. Resources of present-day political power
11. Citizens and their participation in politics
12. The problem of leadership in present-day international relations
13. The symbolic capital of present-day politics
14. The Chinese factor in world politics
15. National sovereignty as a theoretical and practical issue
16. Political subculture of present-day Russian youth
17. Political career in present-day Russia
1. The Foreign Policy of the Russian Federation.
2.The processes of globalisation and regionalisation in
the contemporary international relations
3. The formation of a new system of international relations after the collapse of bipolar world.
4. International terrorism, major ways of combating contemporary international terrorism.
5. Modern Diplomacy.
6. Features of contemporary conflicts and ways of conflict management.
7. The role of international organisations in regulation of the international relations.
1. World news agencies.
2. The role of journalism in present-day society.
3. Modern trends in the development of radio and television journalism.
4. Mass media system: the structure, the specifics of the channels and their interaction.
5. The system of genres of periodicals.
6. Journalist's work as a creative activity.
41.04.05 International Relations 1.The Concept of Soft Power in Modern International Relations.
2.Modern Diplomacy (Public Diplomacy, Peoples’ Diplomacy, Cultural Diplomacy).
3.The Role of International Non-Governmental Organisations in Contemporary International
Relations.
4.Religion and World Politics.
5.Environmental Dimension of Contemporary International Relations.
6.Globalisation and regionalisation: Forms and Characteristics
41.04.04 Political Science Political Science
Theory of Global Political Process and International Relations
Russian, English
Russian
Russian
Main field of study title Programme title Areas of specialisation (if any) Language of
instructionEssay topics
42.04.02 Journalism Professional Speech Activity in Mass Media Russian, English,
Chinese
42.04.02 Journalism Journalism Russian Media Studies English 1. Modern Russian Media and Communication Challenges and Prospects
2. Modern Russian Media Projects as a Part of Social Policy
3. Modern Russian Media and Their Peculiarities
43.00.00 SERVICES AND TOURISM
43.04.02 Tourism Tourist Destination Management Russian 1. Development of the global tourism's geographic pattern
2. Problems of touristic and recreational territory development
3. The role of domestic and inbound tourism in the regional development diversification
4. National problems of tourism development
5. World natural and cultural heritage as a factor of recreational development.
6. Territory potential for touristic and recreational development
7. Optimisation of the touristic and recreational field as a national security factor
43.04.02 Tourism Tourist Destinations of Russia English, Russian 1. The place of Russia in the international tourist market.
2. The potential for the development of historical and cultural tourism in Russia.
3. Russia's natural heritage sites, their role in the development of international tourism.
4. Differentiation of the historical, cultural and natural space of Russia in the light of
specialisation of inbound tourist flows.
5. Comparative analysis of the tourist and recreational potential of Russia and (the country of
your choice)
45.00.00 LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES
Ancient Greek and Roman Literature and Western European
Classical Literature
Byzantine and Modern Greek Philology
Classical Philology
History of Ideas in the World of Classical Antiquity
Foreign Cultural Studies
Foreign Literatures
Comparative Literary Studies
1. "The divine apparatus" in Homer's epics and in Virgil's "Aeneid".
2. Traditional motifs of Ancient Greek lyric poetry in the Roman poetry.
3. The tragic hero in Ancient Greek drama as illustrated by "Oresteia", "Prometheus Bound",
"Oedipus the King", "Ajax" and other tragedies.
4. Hereditary guilt and personal responsibility of the heroes of Aeschylus and Sophocles as
illustrated by the tragedies "Oresteia", "Oedipus the King", "Seven Against Thebes" and
"Antigone".
5. Female images of Sophocles and Euripides as illustrated by the tragedies "Antigone",
"Electra", "Alcestis", "Iphigenia in Aulis", "Medea" and "Hippolytus".
6. Classic female "villains" of the Ancient Greek and Roman tragedies as illustrated by the
tragedies "Oresteia", "Medea" (by Euripides and Seneca), "Hippolytus" and "Phaedra".
7. Limitless pride and limited knowledge of the heroes of the Greek tragedy as illustrated by
the tragedies "Oresteia", "Antigone", "Oedipus the King" and "The Trachiniae".
1. The artistic cycle problem in Byron's early works: an analysis of aesthetic attitudes and
cycle-forming links in the poetic cycle "Oriental Tales".
2. Evolution of the European historical novel in the 1810s–1830s (poetics of the historical
novel by W. Scott and its modifications in the works of A. de Vigny (novel "Saint-Mard") and H.
de Balzac (novel "Les Chouans").
3. Comparative analysis of the first two parts of J. Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and the
philosophical novella "Micromégas" by Voltaire.
4. "Christmas Carol in Prose" and "Dombey and Son" by Charles Dickens as parables.
5. Semiotic ambiguity of the image of the temple in W. Golding's novel "The Spire".
6. Ch. Baudelaire's urban lyrical poetry.
7. The anti-enlightening trend M. Shelley's "Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus"
45.04.01 Philology Foreign Literatures and Cultures
45.04.01 Philology Classical, Byzantine and Modern Greek Philology
1. World news agencies.
2. The role of journalism in present-day society.
3. Modern trends in the development of radio and television journalism.
4. Mass media system: the structure, the specifics of the channels and their interaction.
5. The system of genres of periodicals.
6. Journalist's work as a creative activity.
Russian
Russian
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instructionEssay topics
Slavonic Studies Slavonic Philology Russian 1. Language as a semiotic system.
2. Modern approaches to the analysis of text and discourse.
3. Linguistic and paralinguistic trends in modern linguistic research.
4. The dialogue of linguistics and literary studies in the modern humanitarian paradigm.
5. Linguistic research: from narrow specialisation to the interdisciplinary approach.
6. Methodology and methods of linguistic analysis and the problems of the theory of science.
7. Auxiliary linguistic disciplines in modern interdisciplinary humanitarian studies.
Russian Literature
Literary Theory
Folklore Studies and Mythology
45.04.01 Philology Linguistic Fundamentals of Editing and Criticism Linguistic Fundamentals of Editing and Criticism Russian 1. Language as a semiotic system.
2. Modern approaches to the analysis of text and discourse.
3. Linguistic and paralinguistic trends in modern linguistic research.
4. The dialogue of linguistics and literary studies in the modern humanitarian paradigm.
5. Linguistic research: from narrow specialisation to the interdisciplinary approach.
6. Methodology and methods of linguistic analysis and the problems of the theory of science.
7. Auxiliary linguistic disciplines in modern interdisciplinary humanitarian studies.
Germany and Eastern Europe in the Context of Interlingual and